Hi Muralidhar,   No hot fixes have been released for the SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office version 8.0 to date.  I'm not aware of any significant issues, but probably better to hear from users that have already upgraded.  Though, as with most releases, there will likely be one or more updates/hotfixes in the future to address potential issues.     Casey ... View more

Hi @vatsy610,   If all of the elements you wish to run (tasks, programs, etc.) are in the same process flow in your EG project, you can control the order of execution with explicit links.  You can create explicit links by clicking a node you want to link from, hover the mouse near one of the edges of the node (until the cursor changes to crosshair), then click and drag the link to the node you want to link to.  Or, you can right the node you wish to link from and click "Link <node> to..." context menu item, then select the node you wish to link to.  Here is an animated example of both:     If the elements you wish to run are in multiple process flows or in an implicit branch (where you can't change the order), I recommend using an Ordered List instead (ex. File->New->Ordered List), which will allow you to run nodes a la carte in whatever order you wish.   By default, scheduling will run the whole EG project (or a process flow in your project if you schedule from a flow).  However, you can alter the VBScript code (that is generated when an EG project is scheduled) to run specific items, such as specific flows in specific orders, etc.   Casey ... View more

Yes, this is a bug that was introduced in the recently released 7.15 HF4.  7.15 HF4 has since been removed from the hotfix page and EG's Check for Updates.  Another symptom of HF4 is discussed in this thread:  https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Enterprise-Guide-update-to-7-15-6158-causes-some-users-to-lose/m-p/498769#M32064   As discussed in that thread, we recommend rolling back HF4 (see the steps in that thread) or try stopping the "Windows Search" service as a temporary workaround.   We expect to release an HF5 soon that resolves these issues.  Sorry for the inconvenience!   Casey ... View more

EG 7.15 HF4 has been pulled from the website (and from EG's Check for Updates) due to this issue that was identified.  We are working on a fix.  In the meantime, if you have already installed 7.15 HF4, we recommend rolling back the HF4 hot fix via these steps:   Launch the Control Panel. Go to Programs and Features Select View installed updates Scroll down to SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 Right click on the update (HF4) and select Uninstall.   Or, if you installed EG 7.15 HF4 via the SAS Deployment Wizard, EG 7.15 may not appear in Add/Remove Programs, and you'll need to uninstall the HF4 update via these steps:   Open regedit.exe. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\SAS Institute Inc.\Enterprise Guide\7.1 for 32-bit EG or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAS Institute Inc.\Enterprise Guide\7.1 for 64-bit EG. Confirm the PatchLevel value is "7.15 HF4 (7.100.5.6158)". If so, copy the value in PatchRemove (ex. "Msiexec /I {ECBCED4C-7797-4FF6-B725-E5F5837498A8} MSIPATCHREMOVE={c9db5535-fbf2-49af-a6f1-317e6b93b7cd} /qn"). Open a Windows Command Prompt as an administrator. Paste the msiexec command in the command prompt and run it. After following one of the sets of steps above, re-open EG, click Help->About and confirm you no longer have the 7.15 HF4 update installed (ex. you should be left with 7.15 HF3, 7.15 HF2, 7.15 HF1, or 7.15 with no hotfix, depending on which you had prior to installing HF4).   Sorry for the inconvenience! Casey ... View more

Hi @MariaD,   You should be able to hide the server from the users you do not want them to access by removing the ReadMetadata permission (in SAS Management Console) for the server for that set of users.   Here is documentation: https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=bisecag&docsetVersion=9.4&docsetTarget=n0yyoz2xxf0ti4n1ou9ai4asvexh.htm&locale=en   Casey ... View more

Hi Haris,   EG is probably being a little too helpful by assuming you want to automatically import Excel files.  Fortunately, yes, you can turn this off by unchecking the "Automatically import data when added to project" option in EG's Tools->Options->Data->Data General page.   Glad to hear you like the ability to add links to external files in EG projects.   Casey ... View more